Pro-Life

Donnelly, 66, served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2007 to 2013, representing Indiana’s 2nd Congressional District, and was a U.S. senator from 2013 to 2019.

“When we view people only through convenient labels, even if not with cruel intent, we risk obliterating the humanity of the other; and with it, something of our own.”

The national 40 Days for Life organization launched its fall campaign Sept. 22, with volunteers in over 1,000 cities across the country planning to pray, fast and hold 24-hour vigils outside abortion clinics.

The $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill passed by the Senate makes “historic investments” in transportation, climate change mitigation, job creation, expanded internet access and other areas, but several issues still need attention, said the U.S. bishops’ domestic policy committee chairman.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, in its friend-of-the-court brief filed July 27, stressed that abortion is not a right created by the Constitution and called it “inherently different from other types of personal decisions to which this court has accorded constitutional protection.”

In her June 25 presentation “When They Say … You Say,” Olivia Gans Turner described five main categories of challenges pro-lifers hear.

Obianuju Ekeocha was a featured speaker whose remarks were livestreamed from Great Britain for “Catholics at the Capitol” Day April 15, sponsored by the Minnesota Catholic Conference and based at the Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul.

On March 17, the U.S. House voted 222-204 to remove an expired deadline for ratification of the ERA.